Table 4.
Participant and housing characteristics of pregnant women with S. stercoralis detected in stool and by ELISA (N = 30).
| Variables | S. stercoralis in Feces | S. stercoralis ELISA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | p Value * | Positive | Negative | p Value * | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 26.7 (6.5) | 26.9 (5.7) | 0.84 | 26.7 (6.3) | 26.7 (6.7) | 0.35 |
| Rural residence, n (%) | 16 (53.3) | 118 (43.7) | 0.31 | 56 (55.4) | 78 (39.2) | 0.007 |
| Characteristics of house, n (%) | ||||||
| Dirt floor | 8 (26.7) | 81 (30.0) | 0.70 | 30 (29.7) | 59 (29.6) | 0.99 |
| Leaf roofing | 27 (90) | 207 (76.7) | 0.094 | 86 (85.1) | 148 (74.4) | 0.033 |
| Wooden house | 29 (96.7) | 257 (95.2) | 0.71 | 98 (97.0) | 188 (94.5) | 0.32 |
| Brick house | 18 (60.0) | 171 (63.3) | 0.72 | 67 (66.3) | 122 (61.3) | 0.30 |
| Characteristics of individuals | ||||||
| Bowel movements/day, mean (SD) | 1.5 (0.8) | 1.5 (0.8) | 0.95 | 1.6 (7.8) | 1.5 (0.7) | 0.64 |
| Hemoglobin < 11 g/dL, n (%) | 12 (40) | 121 (44.8) | 0.70 | 42 (41.6) | 91 (45.7) | 0.49 |
* The statistical method used was Chi square test/Fisher’s exact test. SD: standard deviation.